Remember Congressional Offices are worse than any commercial phone service line as they really don't want you to call. So extra lines, call parking etc. are not strong features. 600 calls may indeed be a lot for the system (say 1 minute per call that will overtax a 1-2 line system)

Just to nitpickr, the figure reported in the article is "over 600 calls between 8-10 this morning," not 600 calls per hour. And those are calls to one of the handful of people heading up the debt-ceiling negotiations.

The big complaint leveled by the Wisc. protesters against Walker was that he hadn't said anything in his campaign about going after collective bargaining. So that made the protests legitimate.

Obamacare flew in the face of at least two explicit campaign promises of his: 1) no individual mandate, and 2) "if you like your plan, you can keep your plan." But in garageland, people were supposed to just STFU and accept massive legislation based on lies.

When he posted a request on his website to help him "Stop the Boehners", every feminist in Nevada called in their support.

Not sure if that would add up to 600 though. This is, after all, Nevada, where prostitution is legal in a majority of the state (geographically), and practiced without much restriction in the rest.

I can pretty much guarantee these days that I will be propositioned if I walk through a Las Vegas casino at 1 or 2 in the morning somewhat well dressed. It may be illegal there, but it is also almost ubiquitous.

Dem 14 didn't know it at the time whether they could be hauled in or not.

So the brave thing to do would have been to stand firm in-state. The chickenshit thing to do was to flee across state lines. That fact that they didn't know at the time only compounds how awful they are for doing it without even mentioning WHY they did it.

Hey, exactly how did the gray matter displaced, Astroturf-topped Blank Slaters Obama summoned up from the wanton ranks of his progressive Zombies manage to forget to tell Harry Reid just how much they wanted the "fairness" and "compromise" attaining to Obama's holy tax hikes upon "the rich" and "big corporations"?

Ok, ok, asked and answered, and maybe there weren't enough Aliens around to inscribe the message into the astroturf "fields". But won't someone at long last at least give me a definition of what a "big corporation" is?

Just listened to Jay Carney and Bret Baier going at it about these "negotiations," and 1. Jay Carney is not good enough for that job.2. I am not buying what they are selling.3. I am feeling sympathy for John Boehner having to deal with these people.

946.12 Misconduct in public office. Any public officer or public employee who does any of the following is guilty of a Class I felony:

946.12(1)(1) Intentionally fails or refuses to perform a known mandatory, nondiscretionary, ministerial duty of the officer’s or employee’s office or employment within the time or in the manner required by law; or

946.12(3)(3) Whether by act of commission or omission, in the officer’s or employee’s capacity as such officer or employee exercises a discretionary power in a manner inconsistent with the duties of the officer’s or employee’s office or employment or the rights of others and with intent to obtain a dishonest advantage for the officer or employee or another;

The also betrayed their oath of office.

Are you suggesting from this time forward elected officials can simply not show up to block a quorem? That's the now acceptable?

I suspect that some of those Harry Reid calls were wrong numbers--asking for pizza delivery etc.

But a fellow asked earlier:

"How many others commenting/reading today have tried to e-mail or call their reps or others today (or within the past week or so).

Just curious."

Well let me see--my two Senators are Dianne Feinstein and "Don't Call Me Ma'am Baghdad Barbara Boxer". Calling either one of those two is sort of like peeing up wind in a 60 mph gale.

My Congressional Represenative is the alleged Blue Dog, but in reality Pelosi Poodle Adama Schiff. Based on some of his performances at constitutent town halls, I'd rather stick my hand in a running garbage disposal than call him.

As for calling Harry Reid's office and asking for some Chinese teakout--that might be fun.

This should be reported as 'business as usual' if you are to believe the ultra-low approval ratings of congress.

Its not that people want a 'compromise' on this, they just want to see congress solving problems rather than continue this can-kicking 'party first' approach to government. The country must come first, and continued tax and spend policies are killing us.

@garage mahal - we don't give a rip about your petulance as it pertains to the pathetic politics that your precious dem party engaged in over the past months. This will get worked out, in time. Elections have consequences, and recalls are really an antfart in a hurricane. Get over yourself, leftard.

I just called (202-224-3542). The voice mail box was full, but I got through to a real, if very weary-sounding, person after only five rings or so. He promised to pass along my suggestion that Sen. Reid get behind the revised Boehner plan and get this thing done.

About all I heard from Carney was a warning to all Congressional Democrats that anyone who helps a bill from either the Senate or the House to pass will be retaliated against.car accessoriesPenthouse Frankfurt